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A brief history of Norwex

1994

Bjørn Nicolaisen founds the company in Norway and‘ cleaning without chemicals’ is born

1999

Norwex expands into Canada with our Co-Founder Debbie Bolton as Norwex Enviro Products

2013

Norwex debuts a charitable giving program called the Norwex Foundation for a Brighter Future

2011

Norwex begins operations in the US and expands its Personal Care products

2015

Norwex New Zealand opens.

2017

Norwex introduces microfibre made from 70 % recycled content

2020

Norwex creates the first-of-its-kind microfibre mask during the Covid pandemic and donates more than 1 million masks to front-line workers globally